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(present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, future)
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Put the verbs into simple past, past continuous or past perfect:
Until 1217 all English forests such as the New Forest and Sherwood Forest
_____________BELONG to the Norman kings. They were royal hunting grounds and
Saxon people____________NOT HAVE the right to hunt in them. The rules for the royal
hunting ground_______always__________BE strict, but William I, also called William the
Conqueror, made them stricter. If a man killed a deer without the kings permission, his eye
was put out, or his hand was cut off. No wonder that when William I died, nobody
_________FEEL sorry for him. He _________BE too cruel to them. He
___________MAKE so many wise laws that although the English admired him, they could
not love him. William II, one of the Conquerors three sons, was even crueller than his
father. He was called William Rufus, or the Red King because of his red face and hair. He
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Put the verbs into past tense simple or past tense continuous:
Levi Strauss _____________LIVE with his family on the eastern coast of America when,
like many other Americans, he ____________CATCH California gold fever in 1849. To
raise money for the voyage he ________________SELL cloth from his brothers shop.
When he ____________GET to San Francisco, one of the first people he
______________MEET was a miner who __________ASK if they had brought any pants
with them from where they ______________COME. As he _______________LISTEN to
the miner explaining that gold seekers quickly _____________WEAR out their trousers,
Strauss _____________SEE a need. So he ______________MAKE pants out of his tough
canvas. They ______________BECOME as profitable as finding gold and they were called
Levis. Still, Levis _______________NOT REMAIN a uniform only for those who
_______________SEEK gold. The gold ______________RUN out. But during the 1860s
people _____________BRING news of the Levis to Texas. There, the cowboys who
______________WORK as hard as miners _____________FIND the pants solid and
comfortable as well. And that ____________CHANGE the clothing habits of the whole
country. By the early part of the 20th century more and more people ___________MOVE to
the cities. Still, the cowboy ______________BECOME the great American hero. He
featured in books, magazines, movies and finally in television. As he
________________BECOME a legend, so ___________DO the clothes he
Put the verbs in the present perfect simple or the past tense simple:
Diana first ____________MEET Mark three years ago.
They _____________BE friends for a long time.
Last summer they _____________AGREE to get married, but they ___________CAN
NOT decide when.
When Diana ____________SEE that Mark ___________BE afraid to get married, she
_____________THINK of a trick.
She just_____________PHONE Marks parents to ask for their help.
Now Dianas and Marks parents and friends____________BE in the church since 10
oclock.
At last, Mark _______________UNDERSTAND whose wedding it was.
I ____________NOT WATCH TV last night.
Put the verbs in the past tense or the past perfect:
Mike _____________MISS the train yesterday because he _____________GET UP too
late.
When
Nick
______________ARRIVE
the
stadium,
the
match________already___________START.
After the rain ____________START, the children _______________GO home.
By that time mother ______________COOK dinner.
John ______________TURN the corner when he _____________HEAR a strange
noise.
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Put the verbs in the past simple or the present perfect simple:
1. I _____________HAVE three cups of tea so far today.
2. _________you ever _________SEE a yak?
3. Mark last ____________SEE Jennifer three days ago.
4. They ________already ___________CHECK IN for the flight.
5. How long ago _________the bus _________LEAVE ?
6. __________you _________WRITE your diary yet?
7. I ________just __________HEAR about the fire.
8. Their plane ___________LAND at 6.45 this morning.
9. We _____________NOT SPEAK English since we ____________ARRIVE.
10.Caroline _____________VISIT her stepsister a few months ago.
11._________you ever _________MEET my friend George? Yes, I ___________MEET
him last week at a party.
12.We ___________SEE the new Star Wars film ages ago but we ___________NOT SEE
any films recently.
13.When __________Sally and Neil _________GET MARRIED? In May last year.
14.I ___________LOOK everywhere but I ____________NOT FIND it yet.
15.When _________you last _________USE it?
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Complete with the correct form of the verbs: past tense, present perfect, past
perfect (simple or continuous):
Four
men
once_______________DWELL
in
a
foreign
country.
They
_______________DEAL in cotton, which they_____________ SELL to Europeans
who_____________WEAVE it into cloth. People _____________KNOW them as Peter,
James, Terence and Archibald. One day an idea ______________STRIKE Peter, and he
____________TELL it to the others. As a result of the idea which
Peter________________BEGET they all ______________PUT their capital together and
_____________GO into partnership. First they_____________BUY a site. Then
they_______________BUILD a warehouse near the docks on part of it. Some time after
they ____________DO this, Peter_______________SPEAK to the others:
I_______________THINK it over, he _____________SAY, and my
meditations_____________BRING it home to me that though up to now
we______________BEAR the responsibilities of the firm jointly, the mistakes that one
man______________ KEEP making________________ COST us a lot.Archibalds
carelessness ______________ DRIVE me to desperation.
After he ______________EXPLAIN his idea further, the others ______________
CATCH what he ___________MEAN but_______________SHRINK from the solution
he____________SEEK to impose. But he____________WIN them round, and
they________________FALL in with his idea. So they________________TEAR UP the
old deed of partenership, and they _____________DRAW UP a new one. They
__________________SPLIT UP their responsibilities equally and each ______________
STRIVE to make the new business pay and the firm _________________THRIVE for a
while. But soon they ________________ BEGIN to have trouble with rats, which
_______________EAT the bales of cotton that the workmen _______________SEW UP
ready for export. So they ______________BUY a cat, ______________TAKE it to the
warehouse, __________________SHUT it and ________________LEAVE it there. When
it _____________TRY to escape, they _______________THRUST it back. Each partner
________________HOLD shares in the cat, one leg to each partner; and they
_______________FEED it by turns. Luckily it _____________EAT very little. One day
they ______________SEE that the cat _____________BE lame. A dog ________________
BITE it or somebody ______________TREAD on it and its leg _______________BLEED
and ________________SWELL. On consulting their books the partners
________________FIND that the leg which the cat _______________HURT
_______________ BE Terences. when Terence _________________LEARN this, he
________________TAKE the cat into the office, _______________ PUT it on the floor,
________________KNELL down, _________________WIND a rag soaked in oil round
the leg, and ______________BIND it carefully. The cat _________________FEEL cold; so
it _________________GO by the fire, where it ______________LIE down and
________________SLEEP. But it _______________CREEP to close, and the bandage
soaked in oil ______________CATCH fire. The cat ________________AWAKE terrorstricken,________________SIT UP, _______________ FLY into a panic,
_________________SPIN round, ________________RUN into the warehouse, and
_________________SET the cotton bales on fire with its blazing leg. A strong wind
_______________BLOW at the time so that the fire __________________ SPREAD and
the whole warehouse _________________BURST into flames. The fire-brigade
________________SPEED to the scene and _______________HACK and
_______________HEW to get into the burning building. But to no purpose. The building
_______________BURN too fast. Numberless rats ________________FLEE from it,
_________________SLIDE into the water, and _______________SWIM away. The
partners ________________LOOK ON helplessly; and their blood almost
________________ FREEZE in their veins, as they think what their fate
______________MAY _______________BE, if they _________________ CAUGHT
inside. The cat ______________BURST through the flames, ________________SPRING
into the street, _______________ SHAKE OFF the burning bandage, and
_______________RID itself of the trouble. The partners ________________CATCH and
________________SMITE the cat, which _______________DIG its claws into them,
and________________BREAK loose. They _________________FLING stones at it. It
________________STEAL off and ________________HIDE. They _________________
SEEK it out, ________________FIND it and _______________SLAY it. After they
_______________SLAY the cat, the partners ________________REMEMBER again what
they ______________LOSE. They ______________TEAR their hair, ______________
REND
their
garments,
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their
breasts,
__________________WRING their hands and _________________ SHED tears of rage.
Gradually, the first effects of the disaster ________________WEAR OFF, and they
________________ BEGIN to think what to do. Suddenly Peter _______________HIT ON
the solution of the problem of damages. He _________________SEND for Terence. They
_______________MEET
at
their
club.
I
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_____________SAY Peter, that it ____________BE your leg which ______________DO
the damage. You must therefore pay us damages. At this Terence ____________GROW
pale. Then he ______________KNIT his brows, ________________GRIND his teeth, and
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Put the verbs into simple past, past continuous or past perfect:
Until 1217 all English forests such as the New Forest and Sherwood Forest
_____________BELONG to the Norman kings. They were royal hunting grounds and
Saxon people____________NOT HAVE the right to hunt in them. The rules for the royal
hunting ground_______always__________BE strict, but William I, also called William the
Conqueror, made them stricter. If a man killed a deer without the kings permission, his eye
was put out, or his hand was cut off. No wonder that when William I died, nobody
_________FEEL sorry for him. He _________BE too cruel to them. He
___________MAKE so many wise laws that although the English admired him, they could
not love him. William II, one of the Conquerors three sons, was even crueller than his
father. He was called William Rufus, or the Red King because of his red face and hair. He
____________MAKE the forest laws even harsher than before. While he
____________HUNT, nobody was allowed to walk in the forest. What is more, a man was
hanged if he _________KILL a deer. It is no wonder that people said that evil would catch
him some day in the depths of the forest. By the time he died, their words
_____________COME true.
Put the verbs into present perfect simple:
8. Antonella ____________LIVE in Rome for two years.
9. George ___________HAVE a job in a sports shop since January.
10.We ____________BE on holiday since Sunday
11.Sarah ____________NOT BE to Greece since 1998.
12.My parents ___________BE married for thirty years.
13.Paul ____________KNOW Stefanie since he was a child.
14.__________you ___________SPEAK to your friend since last Sunday.
Put the verbs into present simple or present continuous:
6. Jack is at the gym. He ___________PLAY basketball.
7. Louise _____________LIKE ballet music very much.
8. Sarah ____________DO gymnastics every Thursday evening.
9. Sam and Katie ____________HAVE a tennis lesson at the moment.
10.Joe usually _____________RUN round the park every evening.
Put the verbs into past tense simple or past tense continuous:
Levi Strauss _____________LIVE with his family on the eastern coast of America when,
like many other Americans, he ____________CATCH California gold fever in 1849. To
raise money for the voyage he ________________SELL cloth from his brothers shop.
When he ____________GET to San Francisco, one of the first people he
______________MEET was a miner who __________ASK if they had brought any pants
with them from where they ______________COME. As he _______________LISTEN to
the miner explaining that gold seekers quickly _____________WEAR out their trousers,
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